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11. Same here. But at the same time, imagine living in a very red area,
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 07:54 PM
Nov 2024

Imagine growing up with dad's radio tuned to rush Limbaugh.

Imagine foxnews on constantly at your place of work and the bar your friends insist on going to.

Imagine your pastor saying liberals are doing the devil's work.

Imagine that lasting decades.

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Boggles the mind, Miles. SheltieLover Nov 2024 #1
It's so disappointing. missaj Nov 2024 #2
Country filled with lots XanaDUer2 Nov 2024 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Nov 2024 #4
Same here. TSExile Nov 2024 #5
Shameful kerouac2 Nov 2024 #6
It's the damn EC college. If it was a popular vote system rethugs would never win. brush Nov 2024 #33
Except for yesterday n/t Lulu KC Nov 2024 #46
Yep, yesterday was a harsh realization. We live in a recist, misogynist country. brush Nov 2024 #47
Me too and it bamagal62 Nov 2024 #7
word mahina Nov 2024 #8
Slime buckets in this country Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #9
The whole Republican party is basically a criminal organization now. Ligyron Nov 2024 #10
Same here. But at the same time, imagine living in a very red area, unblock Nov 2024 #11
They have no reason to be so damn hateful Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #15
agree 100% unblock Nov 2024 #18
You describe the Kentucky story exactly. jaxexpat Nov 2024 #41
But many people voting for him are not living in these type of red areas JI7 Nov 2024 #43
True, but they may still be immersed in the right wing propaganda unblock Nov 2024 #44
Places I won't visit. Any state that voted for Trump. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2024 #12
I agree. all states who voted for Trump. Avoid Peregrine Took Nov 2024 #34
They're multivoting. live love laugh Nov 2024 #13
America is a sick, intellectually & morally depraved society. What is there not to get? RockRaven Nov 2024 #14
amazed and disgusted. consider_this Nov 2024 #16
I've always maintained...... BBbats Nov 2024 #17
Very surprised at the women. Frasier Balzov Nov 2024 #19
Cultural dysfunction passed from one generation to the next. Religious indoctrination is a significant factor. nt Cognitive_Resonance Nov 2024 #20
Yeah, I don't get it, either. EndlessWire Nov 2024 #21
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people" -HL Mencken D23MIURG23 Nov 2024 #22
I'll never understand it PatSeg Nov 2024 #23
No sane person will ever understand it. LoisB Nov 2024 #24
I thought it would be different this time Startint Nov 2024 #25
I know!!! Join the club! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2024 #45
This certainly will be a FAFO election IzzaNuDay Nov 2024 #26
Same, I absolutely cannot wrap my head around it. nt still-prayin4rain Nov 2024 #27
It is very simple senegal1 Nov 2024 #28
I don't get why anyone smokes cigarettes Groundhawg Nov 2024 #29
Uneducated, ignorant racists. And proud! Very proud! dchill Nov 2024 #30
Topped with a heaping helping of "I got mine! Screw you!" GoCubsGo Nov 2024 #49
It never ceases to amaze me that there are so many SFs everywhere. peacebuzzard Nov 2024 #31
I'm with you. Bluepinky Nov 2024 #32
Republicans are a fucking joke. They don't believe in shit except white privilege LymphocyteLover Nov 2024 #35
Idiocracy is a documentary! n/t aggiesal Nov 2024 #36
It's about "owning the Libs." SergeStorms Nov 2024 #37
They live in a completely different reality than we do ecstatic Nov 2024 #38
I just don't understand the appeal Roxi Nov 2024 #39
It's the con in the Con Man Catherine Vincent Nov 2024 #40
Once you accept B.See Nov 2024 #42
Keith Olbermann explains it in today's podcast. GoCubsGo Nov 2024 #48
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